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"My Girl" climbed to the top of the U.S. pop charts on March 6, 1965, after its Christmas time 1964 release, making it the Temptations' first number 1 hit. The single was also the first number 1 hit on the reinstated Billboard R&B Singles chart, which had gone on a fifteen-month hiatus from 1963 to 1965. [ 14 ]
"My Girl" [12] Gordy 7038: November 17, 1964: December 21, 1964: 32: 2.00: US Billboard 1965 No. 12, Hot 100 No. 1 for 1 week, 13 total weeks, 158 points, Top Soul Singles 1965 No. 5, Hot Soul Singles No. 1 for 6 weeks, 16 total weeks, 279 points, [13] Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, National Recording Registry 2017 13: Sonny and Cher "I Got You Babe ...
Three Temptations songs, "My Girl", "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" (1971), and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (1972), are included among the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. The Temptations were ranked No. 68 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" in 2010.
The song first became popular in 1965 by the girl group the Dixie Cups, who scored an international hit with "Iko Iko". In 1967, as part of a lawsuit settlement between Crawford and the Dixie Cups, the trio were given part songwriting credit for the song.
The song was initially composed in C, but was played in F on Rubber Soul (with a capo on the fifth fret). The verse opens with an F major chord ("Michelle" – melody note C) then the second chord (on "ma belle" – melody note D ♭) is a B ♭ 7 ♯ 9 (on the original demo in C, the second chord is a F 7 ♯ 9).
(1965) " It's Growing " is a 1965 hit single by The Temptations for the Gordy ( Motown ) label. Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore and produced by Robinson, the song was a top 20 pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States , on which it peaked at number 18.
Lesley Gore (born Lesley Sue Goldstein, [1] May 2, 1946 – February 16, 2015) was an American singer and songwriter. At the age of 16, she recorded her first hit song "It's My Party", a US number one in 1963.
Olivia Newton-John sang "Waltzing Matilda" Olivia Newton-John: 1987: Daryl Somers sang "Waltzing Matilda" Daryl Somers: 1988: Noel Watson sang "Waltzing Matilda" The Australian Children's Choir, The National Boys Choir, The Band of the 3rd Military District and The 3rd Division Australian Artillery Band: 1989: John Farnham sang "Waltzing ...